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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Thankful Thursday: Wm M Whiteside

Thankful Thursday: We are thankful for these ancestors!

William Modrel Whiteside

Birth: Nov. 7, 1812
Illinois, USA

Death: Sep. 3, 1864
Macon County
Illinois, USA
William Modrel Whiteside was born 7 Nov 1812 in Madison County, Illinois, which
was mostly the southern half of the state. The son of General Samuel A. Whiteside
and Nancy Miller Whiteside, he married Elmira "Mirey" Owens 15
February 1834.

William Modrel owned land in Niantic Township, Macon county, Illinois and
paid taxes on 145 acres in 1865. In 1866, his holdings had increased to 165
acres. He left a fair sized estate to his surviving heirs: Eliza, Nancy Bush, Sarah
Scott, Leonora J Crichenot, William, Alvira Allinson, Addison and Samuel W.Whiteside.

William and Mirey are buried in the Old Section of Long Point Cemetery, Niantic, Macon county, Illinois. The tall spire has an inscription for William on one side and for "Mirey" on the other.